Whom

Whom is not used very often nowadays, but look at this link for an explanation on when to use which. http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/who_whom.html

Hi

I think 'whom' is wrong there: it should be 'who'. Also, it should be 'a serial arsonist'. The pronouns and indefinite articles have gone askew there

If he is a serial arsonist who married into the job, the 'who' refers to the arsonist

Dave

The sentence does not make sense. Perhaps "whom" should be "who", or perhaps some words have been omitted or the sentence has just generally got garbled. "an" should also be "a", so it seems the sentence was typed hastily and not porperly checked.

(Cross-posted.)

... and I agree with the above comment about 'whom' too ...

- the serial arsonist who I met last night

Few people nowadays would say 'whom' there

Dave

Anonymous"Ok. So the choice is between a fireman with modest preparation and an serial arsonist whom married into the job."

The sentence doesn't make much sense to me but, in any case, 'whom' is incorrect. It should be 'who'.

Yes it should be 'who'.
It refers to the arsonist.

Thank you all for your replies. I'm not native, so I'm glad that my suspicion that it should be the subjective 'who' has been vindicated.